Historical Events In January - 28

1813  Jan Joseph Rosler, composer, dies at 41 on January - 28.   

1814  On this day in history stendahl's 1st book is published   

1815  On January - 28 andrew Jackson Hamilton, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1875   

1817  Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer, dies at 55 on January - 28.   

1818  George Sewall Boutwell, MC (Union), died in 1905 on January - 28.   

1819  Sir Stamford Raffles first lands in Singapore much later a famous Hotel bears his name on this day in history.   

1819  Sir Stamford Raffles 1st lands in Singapore on this day in history.   

1820  On January - 28 russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovered the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.   

1821  On January - 28 bellingshausen discovers Alexander Island off Antarctica   

1822  Alexander MacKenzie, (L) 2nd PM of Canada (1873-78) on this day in history.   

1824  On this day in history william Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)   

1825  George Edward Pickett, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1875 on January - 28.   

1828  On January - 28 michel Abeloos, Flemish sculptor   

1829  William Burke, murderer/body snatcher, executed in Edinburgh on this day in history.   

1830  On January - 28 the opera "Fra Diavolo" is produced (Paris)   

1830  On this day in history opera "Fra Diavolo," premieres in Paris   

1831  Henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899 on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history franz Wullner, composer   

1833  On this day in history charles George Gordon, London, general (China, Khartoum)   

1838  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on January - 28.   

1841  On this day in history the birth of Sir Henry Morton Stanley, Sent to find the missing Dr Livingstone   

1841  Henry Stanley, Engld, journalist/explorer (found Livingston in Africa) on this day in history.   

1846  On January - 28 battle of Allwal, Brits beat Sikhs in Punjab (India)   

1848  King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution on this day in history.   

1851  On January - 28 northwestern University (Chicago) chartered   

1853  Jose Martí y Perez, Cuba, poet/essayist/politician on this day in history.   

1855  On this day in history the first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.   

1855  On this day in history william Seward Burroughs, NY, inventor (recording adding machine)   

1858  John Brown organized raid on Arsenal at Harper's Ferry on January - 28.   

1860  On January - 28 britain formally returns Mosquito Coast to Nicaragua   

1864  Battle of New Bern, NC on this day in history.   

1864  Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history president Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners   

1865  Pres Jefferson Davis names 3 peace commissioners on this day in history.   

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1225  Saint Thomas Aquinas (d. 1274) was born on this day in history.   

1312  On this day in history birth of queen Joan II of Navarre (d. 1349)   

1457  On January - 28 birth of henry VII, Pembroke Castle, 1st Tudor king of England (1485-1509)   

1540  On January - 28 birth of ludolph van Ceulen, German mathematician (d. 1610)   

1578  On January - 28 birth of cornelis Haga, Dutch lawyer/ambassador to Constantinople (1611-39)   

1582  On January - 28 birth of john Barclay, Scottish satirist/poet (Euphormio's Satyricon)   

1600  Clement IX, [Giulio Rospigliosi], Pistoia, Italy, 238th pope (1667-69) was born on January - 28.   

1608  On January - 28 birth of giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Naples, mathematician/astronomer   

0814  On this day in history charlemagne, German emperor/Roman Emperor (800-814), dies at 71   

1061  Death of Duke SpytihnÄ›v II of Bohemia (b. 1031) on this day in history.   

1119  On this day in history gelasius II, [Giovannis Caetani], pope (1118-19), dies   

1256  Willem II, earl of Holland/German emperor (1238, 47-56), dies at 22 on January - 28.   

1271  Death of Isabella of Aragon, queen of Philip III of France (b. 1247) on January - 28.   

1393  On this day in history death of earl of Joigny, burned at royal ball   

1443  Death of Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France on January - 28.   

1528  Philips of Cleve, ruler of Ravenstein, dies on this day in history.